FIBA Basketball World Cup records
List of records attained in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
General performances
Performances of host countries
From 1959 to 1982, the host qualified directly to the final round, thus bypassing the preliminary round (group stages). As a result, the host's final rank would no worse than the number of teams in the final round (between six and eight); however from 1986 the host was made to compete in the preliminary round.
However, the success rate of hosts winning the tournament is rather low (19%, 3 of 16), as compared to the FIFA World Cup's success rate of 32% (6 of 19); furthermore, no host has won the championship since Yugoslavia won in 1970, and only one host since then has won any type of medal (Turkey with a silver medal in 2010).
Year | Host country | When hosting | When not hosting | ||
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Performance | Stage | Performance | Stage | ||
1950 | Argentina | Champions | Final round (1st of 6) | Runner-up | Final |
1954 | Brazil | Runner-up | Final round (2nd of 8) | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) |
1959 | Chile | Third place | Final round (3rd of 7) | Third place | Final round (3rd of 6) |
1963 | Brazil | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) |
1967 | Uruguay | Seventh place | Final round (7th of 7) | Third place | Final round (3rd of 7) |
1970 | Yugoslavia | Champions | Final round (1st of 7) | Champions | Final |
1974 | Puerto Rico | Seventh place | Final round (7th of 8) | Fourth place | Semifinals |
1978 | Philippines | Eighth place | Final round (8th of 8) | Third place | Final round (3rd of 7) |
1982 | Colombia | Seventh place | Final round (7th of 7) | Not applicable - only appearance is when they hosted | |
1986 | Spain | Fifth place | 5th-place playoffs | Champions | Final |
1990 | Argentina | Eighth place | Second round (4th of 4) | Runner-up | Final |
1994 | Canada | Seventh place | 5th-place playoffs | Sixth place | Final round (6th of 8) |
1998 | Greece | Fourth place | Semifinals | Runner-up | Final |
2002 | United States | Sixth place | Quarterfinals | Champions | Final |
2006 | Japan | Seventeenth place | Preliminary round (5th of 6) | 11th place | Classification round (4th of 6) |
2010 | Turkey | Runner-up | Final | Sixth place | Quarterfinals |
2014 | Spain | Fifth place | Quarterfinals | Champions | Final |
By top four finishes
Rank | Nation | Number of appearances |
Years in semifinals |
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1. | United States | 14 | (1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014) |
2. | Yugoslavia/ FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) | 10 | (1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002) |
3. | Brazil | 8 | (1950, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1986) |
Soviet Union | 8 | (1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990) | |
5. | Greece | 3 | (1994, 1998, 2006) |
Argentina | 3 | (1950, 2002, 2006) | |
7. | Chile | 2 | (1950, 1959) |
France | 2 | (1954, 2014) | |
Italy | 2 | (1970, 1978) | |
Lithuania | 2 | (2010, 2014) | |
Russia | 2 | (1994, 1998) | |
Spain | 2 | (1982, 2006) | |
Serbia | 2 | (2010, 2014) | |
14. | Philippines | 1 | (1954) |
Formosa | 1 | (1959) | |
Cuba | 1 | (1974) | |
Puerto Rico | 1 | (1990) | |
Croatia | 1 | (1994) | |
Germany | 1 | (2002) | |
New Zealand | 1 | (2002) | |
Turkey | 1 | (2010) |
Most Valuable Players
Top scorer by tournament
Total
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Average
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Top 10 cumulative points scorers
Player | Games Played | Points Scored | Scoring Average |
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Oscar Schmidt | 35 | 843 | 24.1 |
Andrew Gaze | 29 | 594 | 20.5 |
Dražen Dalipagić | 36 | 563 | 15.6 |
José Ortiz | 33 | 511 | 15.5 |
Dragan Kićanović | 26 | 491 | 18.9 |
Panagiotis Giannakis | 26 | 469 | 18.0 |
Luis Scola | 27 | 456 | 16.9 |
Wlamir Marques | 33 | 437 | 13.2 |
Antonello Riva | 18 | 434 | 24.1 |
Dirk Nowitzki | 18 | 425 | 23.6 |
Top 10 career scoring averages
Player | Games Played | Points Scored | Scoring Average |
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Nikos Galis | 10 | 337 | 33.7 |
Shin Dong-pa | 8 | 261 | 32.6 |
Zhang Weiping | 7 | 177 | 25.3 |
Eddie Palubinskas | 7 | 172 | 24.6 |
Antonello Riva | 18 | 434 | 24.1 |
Oscar Schmidt | 35 | 843 | 24.1 |
Dirk Nowitzki | 18 | 425 | 23.6 |
Wilfredo Ruiz Bruno | 7 | 164 | 23.4 |
Yao Ming | 14 | 320 | 22.9 |
Kevin Durant | 9 | 205 | 22.8 |
Top scorers in a single game
Player | Points Scored | Opponent | Year |
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Hur Jae | 62 | Egypt | 1990 |
Nikos Galis | 53 | Panama | 1986 |
Oscar Schmidt | 52 | Australia | 1990 |
Jordi Villacampa | 48 | Venezuela | 1990 |
Dirk Nowitzki | 47 | Angola | 2006 |
Dražen Petrović | 47 | Netherlands | 1986 |
Lee Chung-Hee | 45 | Brazil | 1986 |
Kamil Brabenec | 44 | Puerto Rico | 1978 |
Ricardo Duarte | 42 | Japan | 1963 |
Arturo Guerrero | 42 | Central African Republic | 1974 |
Players with the most number of tournaments and games played
Player | Number of World Cups | Games Played | Years Played |
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Jerome Alfred Mincy | 5 | 38 | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 |
Dražen Dalipagić | 4 | 36 | 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 |
Fabricio Oberto | 4 | 36 | 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 |
Aleksandar Belostenny | 4 | 35 | 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 |
Sergei Belov | 4 | 35 | 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 |
Andrés Jiménez | 4 | 35 | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 |
Marcelo Gustavo Milanesio | 4 | 35 | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 |
Oscar Schmidt | 4 | 35 | 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 |
Ruben Wolkowisky | 4 | 35 | 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 |
Philip Smyth | 4 | 34 | 1978, 1982, 1990, 1994 |
Pereira Maciel Ubiratan | 4 | 34 | 1963, 1967, 1970, 1978 |
João José Vianna | 4 | 34 | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 |
Top medalists
Player | Gold Medals | Silver Medals | Bronze Medals | Total Medals |
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Wlamir Marques | 2 (1959, 1963) | 2 (1954, 1970) | 0 | 4 |
Krešimir Ćosić | 2 (1970, 1978) | 2 (1967, 1974) | 0 | 4 |
Amaury Pasos | 2 (1959, 1963) | 1 (1954) | 1 (1967) | 4 |
Sergei Belov | 2 (1967, 1974) | 1 (1978) | 1 (1970) | 4 |
Carmo De Souza | 2 (1959, 1963) | 1 (1970) | 0 | 3 |
Jathyr Eduardo Schall | 2 (1959, 1963) | 0 | 1 (1967) | 3 |
Modestas Paulauskas | 2 (1967, 1974) | 0 | 1 (1970) | 3 |
Priit Tomson | 2 (1967, 1974) | 0 | 1 (1970) | 3 |
Vlade Divac | 2 (1990, 2002) | 0 | 1 (1986) | 3 |
Stephen Curry | 2 (2010, 2014) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rudy Gay | 2 (2010, 2014) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Derrick Rose | 2 (2010, 2014) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dejan Bodiroga | 2 (1998, 2002) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Predrag Drobnjak | 2 (1998, 2002) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dejan Tomašević | 2 (1998, 2002) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Players with the most total medals won
Player | Gold Medals | Silver Medals | Bronze Medals | Total Medals |
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Wlamir Marques | 2 (1959, 1963) | 2 (1954, 1970) | 0 | 4 |
Krešimir Ćosić | 2 (1970, 1978) | 2 (1967, 1974) | 0 | 4 |
Amaury Pasos | 2 (1959, 1963) | 1 (1954) | 1 (1967) | 4 |
Sergei Belov | 2 (1967, 1974) | 1 (1978) | 1 (1970) | 4 |
Aleksandar Belostenny | 1 (1982) | 3 (1978, 1986, 1990) | 0 | 4 |
Dražen Dalipagić | 1 (1978) | 1 (1974) | 2 (1982, 1986) | 4 |
All-time team records
FIBA Africa, FIBA Americas, FIBA Asia, FIBA Europe, FIBA Oceania
Team | Games played | Wins | Losses | Winning percentage | Points for | Points against | Point differential | Goal average | Margin/game |
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United States | 149 | 122 | 27 | .819 | 13,158 | 10,719 | +2,439 | 1.228 | +16.4 |
Brazil | 133 | 81 | 52 | .609 | 10,717 | 9,904 | +813 | 1.082 | +6.1 |
Yugoslavia* | 87 | 66 | 21 | .759 | 7,289 | 6,378 | +911 | 1.143 | +10.5 |
Argentina | 103 | 58 | 45 | .563 | 8,166 | 7,814 | +352 | 1.045 | +3.4 |
Soviet Union* | 80 | 66 | 14 | .825 | 7,157 | 5,666 | +1,491 | 1.263 | +18.6 |
Spain | 90 | 61 | 29 | .678 | 7,661 | 6,797 | +864 | 1.127 | +9.6 |
Canada | 98 | 33 | 65 | .337 | 7,518 | 7,817 | −299 | 0.962 | −3.1 |
Puerto Rico | 90 | 37 | 53 | .411 | 7,048 | 7,285 | −237 | 0.967 | −2.6 |
Italy | 68 | 40 | 28 | .588 | 5,480 | 5,217 | +263 | 1.050 | +3.9 |
Australia | 79 | 35 | 44 | .443 | 6,306 | 6,491 | −185 | 0.971 | −2.3 |
Greece | 56 | 33 | 23 | .589 | 4,439 | 4,301 | +138 | 1.032 | +2.5 |
China | 58 | 15 | 43 | .259 | 4,829 | 5,650 | −821 | 0.855 | −14.2 |
Uruguay | 49 | 17 | 32 | .347 | 3,238 | 3,617 | −379 | 0.895 | −7.7 |
France | 53 | 26 | 27 | .491 | 3,407 | 3,508 | −101 | 0.971 | −1.9 |
Russia | 32 | 21 | 11 | .656 | 2,547 | 2,421 | +126 | 1.052 | +3.9 |
Cuba | 34 | 17 | 17 | .500 | 2,695 | 2,676 | +19 | 1.007 | +0.6 |
Angola | 44 | 13 | 31 | .295 | 3,286 | 3,674 | −388 | 0.894 | −8.8 |
South Korea | 45 | 8 | 37 | .178 | 3,558 | 4,395 | −837 | 0.810 | −18.6 |
Germany | 29 | 18 | 11 | .621 | 2,377 | 2,277 | +100 | 1.044 | +3.4 |
Czechoslovakia* | 30 | 17 | 13 | .567 | 2,703 | 2,618 | +85 | 1.032 | +2.8 |
Lithuania | 34 | 23 | 11 | .676 | 2,677 | 2,500 | +177 | 1.071 | +5.2 |
Philippines | 35 | 13 | 22 | .371 | 2,624 | 3,006 | −382 | 0.873 | −10.9 |
Egypt | 41 | 6 | 35 | .146 | 2,611 | 3,350 | −739 | 0.779 | −18.0 |
Serbia | 33 | 20 | 13 | .606 | 2,833 | 2,528 | +305 | 1.121 | +9.2 |
Mexico | 33 | 14 | 19 | .424 | 2,443 | 2,502 | −59 | 0.976 | −1.8 |
Turkey | 29 | 19 | 10 | .655 | 2,235 | 2,136 | +99 | 1.046 | +3.4 |
New Zealand | 32 | 12 | 10 | .375 | 2,397 | 2,707 | −310 | 0.885 | −9.7 |
Peru | 25 | 8 | 17 | .320 | 1,450 | 1,572 | −122 | 0.922 | −4.9 |
Panama | 24 | 9 | 15 | .375 | 2,018 | 2,145 | −127 | 0.941 | −5.3 |
Japan | 24 | 5 | 19 | .208 | 1,510 | 1,819 | −309 | 0.830 | −12.9 |
Chile | 19 | 9 | 10 | .474 | 1,025 | 1,071 | −46 | 0.957 | −2.4 |
Israel | 19 | 7 | 12 | .368 | 1,262 | 1,440 | −178 | 0.876 | −9.4 |
Chinese Taipei | 18 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 982 | 1,077 | −95 | 0.912 | −5.3 |
Croatia | 20 | 12 | 8 | .600 | 1,637 | 1,449 | +188 | 1.130 | +9.4 |
Slovenia | 22 | 12 | 10 | .545 | 1,796 | 1,786 | +10 | 1.006 | +0.5 |
Venezuela | 16 | 5 | 11 | .313 | 1,301 | 1,493 | −192 | 0.871 | −12.0 |
Senegal | 17 | 2 | 15 | .118 | 1,185 | 1,400 | −215 | 0.842 | −13.0 |
Ivory Coast | 17 | 1 | 16 | .059 | 1,211 | 1,586 | −375 | 0.764 | −22.1 |
Lebanon | 13 | 3 | 10 | .231 | 948 | 1,202 | −254 | 0.789 | −19.5 |
Nigeria | 11 | 4 | 7 | .364 | 790 | 814 | −24 | 0.971 | −2.2 |
Paraguay | 12 | 3 | 9 | .250 | 678 | 888 | −210 | 0.764 | −17.5 |
Bulgaria | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 532 | 512 | +20 | 1.039 | +2.2 |
Poland | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 666 | 676 | −10 | 0.985 | −1.1 |
Dominican Republic | 13 | 4 | 9 | .308 | 1,020 | 1,120 | −100 | 0.911 | −7.7 |
Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 422 | 405 | +17 | 1.042 | +3.4 |
Ecuador | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 222 | 232 | −10 | 0.957 | −2.0 |
West Germany* | 5 | 2 | 3 | .200 | 382 | 397 | −15 | 0.962 | −3.0 |
Central African Republic | 7 | 0 | 7 | .000 | 477 | 757 | −280 | 0.630 | −40.0 |
Iran | 10 | 2 | 8 | .200 | 645 | 773 | −128 | 0.834 | −12.8 |
Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 344 | 369 | −25 | 0.932 | −5.0 |
Finland | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 342 | 408 | −66 | 0.838 | −13.2 |
Jordan | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 361 | 446 | −85 | 0.809 | −17.0 |
Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 300 | 407 | −107 | 0.737 | −21.4 |
Qatar | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 310 | 456 | −146 | 0.680 | −29.2 |
Colombia | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 394 | 549 | −155 | 0.718 | −31.0 |
Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 313 | 539 | −226 | 0.581 | −45.2 |
Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 212 | 308 | −96 | 0.688 | −32.0 |
Total | 1,004 games | 156,538 points |
*Defunct country.
Source[7]
Notes and references
- ↑ FIBA Archive - Most Valuable Player.
- ↑ FIBA Archive - All time top scorers (Top 10).
- ↑ FIBA Archive - All time highest scoring average (Top 10).
- ↑ FIBA Archive - Most points scored in a game (Top 10).
- ↑ FIBA Archive - Most participations & games played (Top 10).
- ↑ FIBA Archive - All time medallist (Top 10).
- ↑ "Men World Championship : Event statistics". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 2014-05-31.